WE DID IT! Thanks to YOU, we just conserved 389 acres at Buck Prairie.
This newly protected land is highly scenic, carpeted by a vibrant meadow, with a stream flowing through it and flanked by dark green mountain forests. The 389 acres includes aspen stands, headwater streams, montane forests with grand old Pacific yews, and rocky meadows supporting biscuitroots and western juniper.
If you ever peer into a half-rotted log you might be so lucky to find a slippery pair of eyes staring back at you. If you’re extremely lucky those eyes could belong to a Pacific giant salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus). Usually seen wriggling through woody debris or eating a mildly toxic banana slug, these marbled beauties are found throughout western Oregon.